[Centre] Centre:new draft

Wed Sep 7 14:59:30 CEST 2011

Sean,

Hi. I have read the current draft and it is excellent. I have worked before in roles where I have been a grants assessor, so I have cast my eye over it from the point of view of does this meet criteria and is it credible.

I have 2 minor comments from that perspective. 

1. Emphasising Southampton's commitment: I know the last section will cover that, but the Key Features and strategic fit section requires us to show how the centre will 'address the lead research organisations business and community engagement policy'. If that is covered in the last section that should be fine, but it may be worth including something about that in the Key Features.  

2. In the Partnership Section we list agencies from whom we have 'received preliminary support' and mention UK IPO, NESTA and TSB. Can I just check this is accurate, if they have signalled support excellent. If we intend to work with them, but haven't had those conversations yet, it would be prudent to say that we intend to work closely etc... As there are some words to play around with in that section we could mention them in more detail referencing particular programmes, people etc.

Best

Nikki

Nicola Matthews
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cubitt S.R. 
Sent: 06 September 2011 17:45
To: Group working in the Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy
Cc: Matthews N.S.; Amelia Wakeford; Taylor C.; Ed Steinmueller; Caroline Bassett; Kirk Woolford
Subject: Centre:new draft

Here's the new version, incorporating everything I could from wiki and
mails and comments; and removing all previous comments and track changes -
you may have to turn track changes back on to make your comments.

The word counts require very sharp writing: not too much detail, not too
much abstraction. 

I welcome all suggestions, but we must get this signed on Thursday morning
to be sent in officially.

The paragraph on "strategy for how to bring stakeholders in to the
research process" at the end of the Partnership section is of special
interest: it is an amalgam of a conversation I once had with the late Bill
Mitchell on how MIT Media Lab was funded mixed in with an outsider view of
how Ubuntu make a living from Linux. This I would especially thank you
for help with.

The section on strategic fit is one hundred words over, mainly because
when I'd accommodated all suggestions, I realised we hadn't done the
required bit on pubic communications. I will cut to size after I get your
reactions

The most heavily worked section as you'd expect is the first,
Demonstration of Need. I have tried to be more diplomatic, without
sacrificing the vision, and in a very tight word-budget. We have about 15
words to play with here

In Funding and Legacy, we are near complete figures. These will have to be
digested into the 500 word limit. In the meantime I have included the
draft of the required paragraph on 'potential for a sustainable legacy'
Your comments here also appreciated

Thanks so much for the process so far: even if we don't nail this one, it
is a great, collegial process.

Sean

PS Franco: if not on already, could you add the names in the cc list to
the Group mail? Grazie tanto.